The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection of General Engineering questions and answers
- Sometimes you just don't know what you don't know, but you're sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
Challenge your colleagues - can they answer more than you ?
- A PID controller is a generic control loop feedback mechanism widely used in industrial control systems. PID stands for Positive Information Device - True or False
- Known as "The Great Molasses Flood" , a large molasses storage tank burst in ,January 15, 1919 resulting in a wave of molasses rushing through streets, injuring a large number of people and killing 21 people - In which US city did this happen - a) New York b) Chicago c) Denver c) Boston
- Providing the inspiration for Apple Macintosh, the "Alto" was arguably the first desktop PC. It was developed in 1973 by which company - a) IBM b) Xerox c) Kodak Eastman d) Samsung
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd is the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer measured by revenue. The company more commonly trades as - a) Samsung b) Foxconn c) Hitachi d) Fujitsu
- Designed by American inventor Dr Richard Gatling, the Gatling Gun was first used in the American War of Independence - True or False
- Latent Heat is the name of the heat released or absorbed by a chemical substance or a thermodynamic system during a process that occurs without a change in temperature - True or False
- CV joints are typically used to allow a drive shaft to transmit power through a variable angle, at constant rotational speed, what does CV stand for
- When measuring or classifying wire, what name is given to the diameter or cross sectional area of the wire- a) Pin b) Gauge c) Style d) Track
- Originally used to defend buildings from military attack, what name is given to a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof , terrace , balcony or other structure , primarily used to prevent the spread of fire - a) Parapet b) Balustrade c) Portcullis d) Gatehouse
- In the early part of the twentieth century the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company was the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world - True or False
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Answers
1) False - PID stands for Proportional-Integral-Derivative 2) c) Boston 3) b) Xerox 4) b) Foxconn 5) False - It was first used during the American Civil War 6) True 7) Constant Velocity 8) c) Gauge 9) a) Parapet 10) True
